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The Quill goes to the 9th annual Winterfest

Feb 6
Arts

Our intrepid reporters are here to bring you a small sampling of what one could find at the 9th annual Lieutenant Governor’s Winter Festival

Bookstores, Pricing, and Serving the Community

11/23/11
News

Students pay a great deal of money to attend university – tuition, moving costs, housing, food – and these costs add up very quickly. There is one more expense to add to that list: textbooks.

By the time you’ve combed through the bookstore and loaded up with what feels like...

Marijuana: to Legalize, or not to Legalize...

11/7/11
Comment

We pay taxes on practically everything that we buy, from furniture to electronics, and especially on that bottle of merlot. Nevertheless, as Canadians we tolerate these taxes (some do so grudgingly) because they provide the government with the necessary funds to advance our nation. Taxes support things like healthcare, education,...

The Voices of Occupy Winnipeg

10/24/11
News

It is already the stuff of legend. A radical Canadian newsmagazine, Adbusters, publishes a call to action for September 17th,.2011: occupy Wall Street. Thousands respond. The mainstream media ignores it. The people, via social internet media, play the largest role in disseminating information and images. The unions join, and the...

Passing the Oral Exam

10/11/11
Life

I write to you for all that is good in this world. There is trouble on the horizon and unless someone takes a drastic stand for the love of people, we shall all fall.

It is for the love of...

Who’s Behind The Mic? An Interview with Candice Chantrell

9/26/11
Arts

Every student who walks through the doors of a postsecondary institution is being given an opportunity to discover themselves and to create for themselves a dream. For former Brandon University student Candice Chantrell that dream has become a reality. The 28-year-old songstress is currently traversing Toronto’s indie music scene after...

The Freshman 15: Tips for New University Students

9/12/11
Columns

School begins anew, and it’s just another year here at Brandon University for many of us. But for a select special few of you, this fall signals the beginning of a new chapter of your life. New people, new places,...

St. Patrick’s Day: The Wreckoning

3/14/11
Columns

It's an early St. Patty's Day at The Quill. Drinking was to be had by all. But was that it?

Gwynne Dyer: Prophet of Doom

2/28/11
News

“Climate change” is probably the defining concept of this nascent century, and few journalists have delved as deep into the subject as Gwynne Dyer. Though mostly known for his geopolitical and military expertise, Dyer has recently taken up the cause...

Lieutenant Governor’s Winter Festival: Diversity on Display

2/7/11
Features

The Quill had our troops at every pavilion at the Winter Festival. What was to be found there? Which culture is the most amusing?

Sex Ed in the City

12/20/10
Columns

Last night, my boyfriend and I had a little bit too much to drink and forgot to use a condom. I’m worried that I may become pregnant! I’ve heard about something called the “morning after pill”. What is it?

A Talk With A Visiting Prof: Dr. Paul Shore On Jesuits, Brandon, and Being An American In Canada

9/20/10
News

This year’s Stanley Knowles Distinguished Visiting Professor is Dr. Paul Shore, who has been invited to BU to give a series of four lectures about his topic of expertise, the Jesuits, the first of which will take place on Thursday,...

The Quill Archive

9/14/10
Columns

(Originally Published in The Quill Vol. 1, No. 2, Easter Number, April 1911)

Editorials.

In publishing the second issue of The Quill, we are conscious of the imperfection of the first. We are not without hope, however, that we shall soon be able to reach the usual college standard. With something concrete before use we are able to see and...

Stuart McLean Rocks The House

3/22/10
Features

I’m a sentimental guy. It doesn’t bother me to admit it. I like sob stories and little life moments full of big meaning. I have no shame about it. So Stuart McLean and his Vinyl Café radio show is right up my alley.

Enchanted Artists Open Trolsk

3/8/10
Features

You know all those cheery, frost-hewn Canadian landscapes and delightful little snowmen that adorn most store fronts around Brandon in the winter? I’m sure each one of you has seen many of them over this holiday season, but what you may not have known is that they are done by a local artist by the name of Anne Boychuk.

Anne...

The Laugh Olympics

2/22/10
Features

As the rest of the nation gathered around their television sets, gripped in Olympic fever, watching the opening ceremony of the 2010 Vancouver games, I sat belly to the bar in a pub downtown. On Friday, February 12th Clancy’s played...

Look Up, Stupid!

2/10/10
Columns

Well, we had a good run. Thanks to our leaders’ inaction on climate change at Copenhagen last year, the human race is doomed. You get what you vote for, I guess.

Yazewpalooza: Great Music, Great Cause

2/3/10
Features

Music, philosophy, kindness and a plan. All FOUR of these walked the stage on January 22nd. This day marked the first annual Yazewpalooze, brought to you by Jimmy Legs and The Funk, and the mastermind behind it all, Sean Mitchell,...

Celebrating One Hundred Years at Hurl’s

1/20/10
Features

Located at 1608 Princess, Hurl’s Food Mart is easily accessible to BU students, especially those in residence. Because of its proximity to campus, we wanted to find out more about what the store offered students, and spoke to owner Murray Hurl about it.

The Quill Selects the Next World Government

1/12/10
Features

When thinking about New Years resolutions, and the fact that we’re going weekly. We decided to look at The Quills from the past to see how they managed to produce papers not twice a month but once EVERY week.

We figured this would be a great way to both start off the new year with our own ideal New World...